Lynn Summerfield
FCIOBProject Director for British Land, CIOB Client Champion
Lynn started her career as a site engineer working for a large main contractor, progressing through various roles including design, site, pre-construction and project management. During her 18 years as a contractor she worked around the UK across a variety of sectors including; PFI schools, science laboratories, research centres, retail, leisure and commercial offices. Lynn was a member of the team who delivered the RIBA Stirling prize winning Sainsbury Laboratory in Cambridge.
In 2017 Lynn joined British Land as a Project Director within their development team and has led the build and refurbishment of a number of commercial office spaces in both central London and Cambridge. Most recently she led the delivery of British Land’s Norton Folgate development – a technically complex multi-discipline and multi-stakeholder project, refurbishing, extending and constructing new buildings across a multi plot development site. Her experience of working across the project lifecycle has enabled her to balance the strategic with the practical and provided her with an understanding of the contracting process from both contractor and client perspectives.
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building, Lynn's passion is for creating high performing teams founded on a positive culture and investing in the development of the individuals within them. She has an active role judging industry awards, is a mentor to other professionals and an advocate for modern professionalism through her position on the Private Sector Playbook Working Group.